POTD December 17, 2013: Middle Desert Overlook, Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah
Photographer: Stefan Kirby
Eroding buttes of the Middle Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone and overlying Curtis Formation. Middle Desert Overlook, Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County.
Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Sonja Heuscher
Pothole reflection of Jurassic-age Wingate Sandstone cliffs in the Permian-age White Rim Sandstone. Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County
The Windows Section, Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah
Photographer: Nicholas Daniels
North Window Arch frames the distant landscape through a fin of the Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone. The Windows Section, Arches National Park, Grand County.
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Daggett County, Utah
Photographer: J. Buck Ehler
Fire-scarred hillside of Precambrian-age Uinta Mountain Group strata. Red Canyon, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Daggett County.
Window Blind Peak (7,030 feet), Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Paul Kuehne
Window Blind Peak (7,030 feet) capped by Jurassicage Navajo Sandstone, highest point in the San Rafael Swell, Emery County.
High Uintas Wilderness, Summit County, Utah
Photographer: Stefan Kirby
Sedimentary strata of the Precambrianage Uinta Mountain Group reflected in the waters of Dead Horse Lake in the upper part of the West Fork of the Blacks Fork drainage in the Uinta Mountains.
Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Kent D. Brown
Icicles in drainage tunnel along the Zion–Mt. Carmel Highway, Zion National Park, Washington County.
“Devils Pole” near Joes Valley Reservoir, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: J. Buck Ehler
Frozen waterfall forms “Devils Pole” near Joes Valley Reservoir, Emery County.
Snow Canyon State Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Janice Hayden
A blanket of snow is a rare occurrence in Snow Canyon State Park in southwestern Utah. The Early Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone forms the jointed red cliffs and rounded “turtlebacks” while the 27,000-year-old Santa Clara lava flow fills the canyon, flattening out the valley floor.
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Great Salt Lake • A salt-laden November fog fills the valleys of the Promontory Mountains like the crests of waves on an ocean. Thick storm clouds allow scattered streaks of sunlight, creating sliding silver bands on a water tinted red with bacteria.
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